Also, there are
times when I have to fill out a form or something else
and its really just *much* more efficient to power on a typewriter and
bang it out in a few seconds...
And then try to find an eraser to rub-out what you fscked up, grumble,
never find the eraser, reload new paper, keep banging, realize you made
another mistake... Ungh. Not to mention when you need to edit said document
2 years later, instead of retyping the whole thing in again.
It probably won't supprise anyone here to learn that I still use a manual
typewriter sometimes. Yes, I'd love a Selectric (both to restore and to
use), but I've not found one yet.
And yes, I sue a word processor (TeX/LaTeX) too, when I think that's the
more appropriate tool. If I want to write a long document, or something I
want to e-mail out, or something I am going to want many copies of, or
something I will want to edit later, then I use the word processor. If I
just want to fill in a form, I use the typewriter. It's a lot easier than
measuring the position on the page where I want to print something, and
then convincing the computer to put it there.
Typewriters are like cats - I have nothing against
them as long as I don't
have to have one. ;-)
I have both. FWIW, I've yet to find a computer system as much fun as the
local cat population. And (to tie in another thread), they keep the mice
out of my computers.
-tony